Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 301498e44fe50c85…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.5 KB Created: 2021-07-02 17:55:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: cef477c668496055f7948c20d8c2301d SHA-1: 58c6419500d65571303b7809882764842ba65951 SHA-256: 301498e44fe50c85cbdc22033f21c026c18248146016d8823f73f3e68dbe9ce3
124 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, acting as a link farm to host potentially malicious files. The ML classifier strongly indicated maliciousness, and the presence of callback lures suggests a phishing or scam attempt. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm behavior are indicative of a downloader or redirector for a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

Heuristics 7

  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LURE
    Document asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns. Suppressed for legitimate-issuer (IRS/gov/official-form) documents that carry no urgency or charge/dispute escalation.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL https://www.parkgest.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e8f3ace60d---94074893087.pdf
    • https://controlcert.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a880776afe5---pagigipijorojiziwu.pdf
    • http://accurateverdicts.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083dd621f959---xugimeto.pdf
    • https://www.treehousecare.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608052529f12c---polidiporukugifo.pdf
    • https://growmytruck.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/18c5b00d84ffb677a2edcb0614804c3a/jakupufirikafadutidusebi.pdf
    • https://stagerightstaging.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/057b0a0adb4bb4cea09b983fd5106c12/nevotepiwox.pdf
    • http://kursadowicz.pl/Upload/file/89115047445.pdf
    • http://agataklimowska.pl/userfiles/file/96325537123.pdf
    • https://burlingame.com/wysiwygfiles/file/ligixad.pdf
    • https://steklo-shik.ru/userfiles/file/52204631499.pdf
    • https://aihr-iadh.org/uploads/FCK_files/file/lulosigekufinakusijiliz.pdf
    • https://gmonlinestore.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160840e45db8a4---75737467027.pdf
    • https://dcoderesearch.com/uploads/77269729551.pdf
    • http://www.investing-in-women.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fe38976c7d---52838245637.pdf
    • https://www.enviedecrire.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c30476db268---1998177066.pdf
    • http://sts-logistika.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e9ddbb9e0301ac27967e93ef0963d3b3/virizegivugabotogo.pdf
    • https://bandotrading.com/uploads/file/pakefikiwejitipivupe.pdf
    • http://www.jhannahs.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097358906721---86860075338.pdf
    • http://dynamic1984.com/user_file/file/nabitizifizarefewirasi.pdf
    • https://regeneracion-capilar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/01cd459be16c69ae35fa0b76b5eed2d3/jasufibuvagabegebusibap.pdf
    • http://alemotta.com/resources/original/file/nuvulosemazadusopaxi.pdf
    • http://www.pianoszimmermann.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077c9bf9f640---gagul.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=class+9+english+lesson+4+question+answer
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00010933.bin
fda05b73856c3c3d9840d86ed87fd395672c1459b93f9a7637258b9a8aad4406
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10933 10996 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001228a.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1228A 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013a9c.bin
a0bb73a8aecc16687b84ae3d9e8050e85e2c956caaa8aa0919b118e7a4aaddbd
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13A9C 17000 bytes